Beyond Human Barriers (Acts 10:17-33). Often people of the covenant can be condescending of unbelievers, whereas God may be using us to reach the person of peace who will influence and reach others for faith. Who is the person in your life God wants to reach?

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God’s Smelly Joke (Acts 10:1-16). A man seeking God hear the Lord and is led to call for Peter. Peter is staying at the odiferous home of Simon the tanner, an unclean profession. In a dream Peter protests how clean he is. Do we ever protest how righteous we are when the stench is in our nose?

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Knee Based Miracles (Acts 9:32-43). Peter knows Christ heals lives. He tells that to a bedridden paralyzed man. The man’s life is changed. Do we think we heal or change lives? Peter doesn’t make any effort but prays. How is God inviting you to let his life changing power flow through you?

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Renegade From Bitterness (Acts 9:19b-31). Then man who used to hate Christians now preaches Christ, Son of God. The more he leans into his redemption, the more God’s power grows in him. How does God use your ugly, broken past for his glory?

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Being Blinded By God (Acts 9:10-19a). Do we trust that God can work even in people we judge as a threat to us? In the midst of times when we feel blind and deaf God is speaking to us.  Will we listen and follow where the Lord leads, even if it is difficult?

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Knocked Off By God (Acts 9:1-9). A man who hated Christ and his followers gets knocked off his high horse by God. If God can use him, what about you? In the encounter Christ, the man hears straight up how he treats Jesus. What would Jesus say he is in your life?

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Sent On God’s Errand (Acts 8:26-40). Will you share the news of your Lamb led to the slaughter? God brings you along people just waiting for God’s Word. Do you hear God’s call to go and stay near to people of peace?

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Expelling Your Sorcery (Acts 8:1b-25). Under pressure the Church goes out to do the mission of Jesus. When you are baptized, you drown the bitterness of your heart and captivity to sin. If you are struggling with your motivation, ask for prayer against the spiritual struggle.

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Threatened By Jesus (Acts 7:44-8:1a). Stephen just keeps pouring on the Gospel. He hit a nerve with calling out their rejection of God’s promises. Do you feel threatened by Jesus when you get promised forgiveness you don’t ask for?

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Understanding Life Backwards (Acts 7:17-43). Stephens rehearses Exodus telling how Israelites rejected leadership of Moses. He reminds them how their ancestors refused to believe and turned back to idol worship.

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